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PSSA ELA

Note: The Spring of 2018 was the fourth assessment based upon the new PA Core standards introduced in 2015, allowing us to
identify trends. The ELA assessment was updated in 2018 to reduce the number of test sections from 4 down to 3, altering the total
points possible in each anchor.

GRADE 7 Performance Level Percentages over Time

ADV PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018 PA Top
PROF Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Decile 2018
ADV/PRO
BASIC 33.8 37.6 42.9 43.8 17.7 80.4
BEL BAS 48.8 52.7 43.5 45.9 44.3
# TESTED 82.6 90.3 86.4 89.8 62.0
16.5 9.4 13.4 9.9 35.5
0.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.5
346 372 359 333.0 124226
Mean
Score 1110 1030

Females PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV
PROF 41.6 44.9 51.4 52.5 22.6
ADV/PRO 48.8 50 36.6 40.5 47.1
BASIC 90.4 94.9 88 93 69.7
BEL BAS 9.6 5.1 12 28.8
# TESTED 0.0 0 7 1.4
166 176 0 0 60580
183 158
Mean 1050
Score 1130

Males PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
ADV
PROF 26.7 31.1 34.1 36 12.9
ADV/PRO 48.9 55.1 50.6 50.9 41.6
BASIC 75.6 86.2 84.7 86.9 54.5
BEL BAS 22.8 13.3 14.8 12.6 42
# TESTED 1.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 3.5
180 196 176 175 63646
Mean
Score 1100 1010

Students with IEPs

PR 2015 PR 2016 PR 2017 PR 2018 PA 2018
Percent Percent Percent Percent
Percent
9.4 4.8 6.4 2.3
ADV 7.7 47.2 21.4 53.2 18.4
56.6 26.2 59.6 20.7
PROF 25.6 41.5 71.4 38.3 70.1
1.9 2.4 2.1 9.2
ADV/PRO 33.3 53 42 47 20779
Mean
BASIC 64.1 Score 1010 940

BEL BAS 2.6

# TESTED 39

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